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Form 990-PFTax year 2025EIN 23-2732477

Susquehanna Foundation

A private foundation in Bala Cynwyd, PA. Its return for tax year 2025 lists 18 grants and $7.4 million paid in grants.

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Tax year 2025 (period ending Dec 31, 2025), read from the IRS e-file on Nov 11, 2026. Returns reach the IRS 5 to 18 months after the year they describe.

How to apply

Preselected only

The return checks the box saying the foundation gives only to preselected organizations and does not accept unsolicited requests.

Assets and giving by year

8 returns on file
Grants paid by tax year. The latest year is in blue.

  • Tax year 2025

    $7,398,421

    Grants listed
    18
    Assets, end of year
    $673,638,798

  • Tax year 2024

    $82,974,417

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $599,215,094

  • Tax year 2023

    $10,960,054

    Grants listed
    31
    Assets, end of year
    $598,123,739

  • Tax year 2022

    $21,514,774

    Grants listed
    33
    Assets, end of year
    $494,452,990

  • Tax year 2021

    $15,688,866

    Grants listed
    52
    Assets, end of year
    $640,733,550

  • Tax year 2020

    $9,968,663

    Grants listed
    20
    Assets, end of year
    $477,256,748

  • Tax year 2019

    $9,007,000

    Grants listed
    28
    Assets, end of year
    $160,861,081

  • Tax year 2018

    $13,920,229

    Grants listed
    25
    Assets, end of year
    $130,333,173

Grants paid in 2025

18 grants, largest first

As listed on the return.

  1. Cato InstituteWashington, DC

    General fund

    $3,000,000
  2. Alliance for Decision Education IncBala Cynwyd, PA

    General fund

    $2,250,000
  3. Institute for Free SpeechWashington, DC

    General fund

    $500,000
  4. Institute for JusticeArlington, VA

    General fund

    $500,000
  5. Boys' Latin of Philadelphia Charter SchoolPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $298,059
  6. Union Fire AssociationBala Cynwyd, PA

    General fund

    $150,000
  7. The Franklin InstitutePhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $145,490
  8. Cox Science Center and AquariumWest Palm BCH, FL

    General fund

    $115,490
  9. Atlas Economic Research NetworkArlington, VA

    General fund

    $100,000
  10. Philadelphia Robotics CoalitionPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $100,000
  11. Associated Alumni of the Central High School of PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $75,000
  12. Philadelphia Mural Arts AdvocatesPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $50,000
  13. Greenwich HouseNew York, NY

    General fund

    $45,000
  14. Philadelphia Museum of ArtPhiladelphia, PA

    General fund

    $27,382
  15. The Friends of Foundation AcademiesTrenton, NJ

    General fund

    $15,000
  16. AshokaArlington, VA

    General fund

    $12,000
  17. Dominic V Dicicco Memorial TrustMargate City, NJ

    General fund

    $10,000
  18. Independent Institute Lighthouse SocietyOakland, CA

    General fund

    $5,000

Where the money goes

By cause: grants to organizations we matched to the IRS list of exempt organizations, by their category.

  1. Public affairs2 grants $3,500,00048% of the total
  2. Youth development1 grant $2,250,00031% of the total
  3. Civil rights1 grant $500,0007% of the total
  4. Education3 grants $473,0597% of the total
  5. Arts and culture4 grants $338,3625% of the total
  6. Disaster relief and public safety1 grant $150,0002% of the total
  7. 2 other causes2 grants $22,000<1% of the total

By State

Grants to organizations with a US address, latest year.

  1. District of Columbia2 grants $3,500,000
  2. Pennsylvania8 grants $3,095,931
  3. Virginia3 grants $612,000
  4. Florida1 grant $115,490
  5. New York1 grant $45,000
  6. New Jersey2 grants $25,000
  7. California1 grant $5,000

Officers, directors and trustees

7 people as filed

As filed on the return, with average hours per week and pay from the foundation.

  • Arthur DantchikPRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Andrew FrostVICE-PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Jeffrey YassVICE-PRESIDENT Hours 0Pay $0
  • Robert SackTREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Theodore BryceSECRETARY Hours 0Pay $0
  • Timothy J LeskaASSISTANT TREASURER Hours 0Pay $0
  • Mark DooleyDIRECTOR Hours 0Pay $0

The return

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